Letter signed C. Gratiot [Charles Gratiot], Washington City, to Hon. J.F. Darby [John F. Darby]. In anticipation of Darby’s being returned to the next legislature, Gratiot asks to be permitted to bring to his attention to the benefits that would result to the central section of Missouri if a road were opened from St. Louis towards Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas; and the Meramec River freed of its accidental obstructions to the highest point it is navigable to keel at ordinary stages of water. Persons mentioned include M.S. Clark, Capt. Lee, and P.M. Gratiot. Places mentioned include Manchester, Gasconnade [Gasconade], White River, Ohio, Runaleville, Bourbeuse, and Shawneetown., 1838 July 17

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists largely of the papers of John F. Darby and his wife Mary F. Darby, and relates mostly to the political, social, and business history of St. Louis. The papers also include family correspondence with relatives in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri, and correspondence regarding legal and business matters. Of special note are the minute books of the Jefferson Society and the St. Louis Debating Club (1827-1828), both regional debating societies of which Darby was a member; letters of Mary F. Darby; correspondence with Montgomery Blair, William T. Sherman, and George Caleb Bingham; and fragments of a history of the Mormons by John Corrill, dated 1839.